Design Elements

Repetition/Variation

As with music, architecture needs to establish a theme before it can achieve interest through variation. Repetition sets up a rhythm, which can then be played against.  Lighthouse Sound Residence roof elements.

Repetition

Multiple modules are repeated, but with color variation, and a mirroring of the end unit.  Paradise Beach Townhomes.

Subtle variation

This building is broken into three similar elements to reduce the scale.  Moore Warfield & Glick Building.

Variation through change in scale...

This home design takes a relatively uninteresting form — the gable roof — and enlivens it through repetition, while also varying the scale of each piece.  Cropper’s Creek Residence.